US Army engineers breaching anti-tank wall, Southern France, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Large explosion along a concrete anti-tank wall on a beach. Official caption on front: "Engineers breach Nazi concrete anti-tank wall, 8-17-44. US Army Photo 184-10." Southern France. 17 August 1944

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08/17/1944
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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France
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46.000
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2.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Obstacles (Military science)--German--France
Operation Dragoon, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France, Southern
Operation Dragoon, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France